Catch Up Post/Minecraft oblivion

Falling behind during this time of year is no good, no good at all.  The 3 days have been a hazy blur of Minecraft, upset stomach (and today, Pepto Bismol), bed rest, chatting with my new friend, and not much food or productivity.  But I've been trying to get back on track since yesterday, and hopefully my stomach won't revolt against me again like it did today.

Caught up my Gaia responses, so now to catch up on my blogging! Sorry in advance for the long post!
(EDIT:  42nd post, yeahhhhh~!  >w< )

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My good friend and penpal Brandon got a Liebster Blog award and mentioned me in
his top 5 blogs.  Congrats and thanks, Brandon!  :D

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Chritsmas Gifts Updates:

~Christmas cards/packages sent out:

-Panda pal #3

-Rainbow goat princess (part 1)

-Fly

~Christmas cards/packages ready to be mailed out on the next postal run:

-Brandon

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ iPod/iPhone/iPad Apps   ★★★★★★★

Touch (formerly Pingchat)/ Voxer

"evolved"??  more like "devolved"  D:<

Ok, you'll probably hear this from me more than once if we talk a lot, but I have to say this here.  I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE NEW PINGCHAT "UPGRADE"  (more like a major downgrade!!)

I fell in love with Pingchat for many reasons, and now all of those reasons are GONE.  Nothing to do now but hope that the app company listens to the scathing reviews for this version (mine included) and reverts it back.  Until then, me and my original Pingchat friend are trying out Voxer (also for smart phones -hint hint-  ;D  )

what a cute icon.  >w<

Voxer is no Pingchat, to be sure.  The interface feels more crowded and less sleek, the notification noise is more muted, there's no video capability, no cute emotes like Pingchat (that I've come to love  ; - ; ), it only shows your current location, doesn't show the status of the messages received, but there is voice recording, group chat, and photo capabilities. It'll do for now, I suppose.  PINGCHAT, COME BACK!!!  TT^TT

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ PURCHASES   ★★★★★★★

After a few weeks of impatient waiting, my package finally came...!  (oh, that reminds me, I need to leave feedback for them on Etsy)  Working padlock charms with mini keys, all for around the same price that it would have cost to get that one star padlock necklace that I wanted so badly before.  YESSSSS!!   *w*

                                           

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ FOOD/SNACKS   ★★★★★★★
CAKE POPS

After having first seen them around 1-2 years ago, I ate my first cake pops yesterday!  They weren't super good quality, but I'm happy to say that I finally got to try them!  c:  Next on the list?  Jar cakes.  

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tookies

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ GAMES  ★★★★★★★

MINECRAFT

For most of the time since I last posted, I've been far, far away, in the world of Minecraft.  I spent most of that time building my room, but I finally got to play with more than one other person for the first time! My new friend, SpecOpsSR (sorry, I just realized that I had misspelled your name in my previous post, sorry!!), was kind enough to let my friend Habible onto his server.  Before Spec joined us, Habible gave me more pointers about the game, showed me his style of mining, and found a sheep stuck in the minecart that Spec had built the other day, going round and round and round (before Habible set it free).  

on setting it free:  "it was inhumane", he said.  "(Actually, I wanted to see if I could fit
in the cart with it)"  xD

 Very shortly after that, Spec joined us, and we all had a grand adventure deep underground, where Habible found some diamond!  (and went swimming in lava a few times)  While there navigating around all that lava, Habible gave me some tips about how to deal with lava, like using a bucket of water to create an obsidian pocket around you if you fall in.  I created a bucket and got my first bucket of water, yay!  I then proceeded to try and turn the lava into obsidian.  I got a bucket of lava instead.  Wanting to empty it, I ended up killing myself.  Dx

His poor items...

first (and last) bucket of lava  >.>

After all that short (but fun) mini adventure, Habible had to log off, so we all went back to our "secret base" and me and Spec decorated it and built a lovely waterfall pool with a sky view glass roof for our base's "bathroom", and I started building my room across from it.  Can't wait til we can all play together again!!  >w<  

...what on earth are you guys looking at?  o_O

~~~~MY ROOM  (more pics later!)~~~~

Two level sky/ocean view wall and roof.  And not any view of the ocean.
It's holding back the ocean.  

a waterfall... and a painting of a creeper looking through a window  o.o  

Random LotR movie references = EPIC WIN

"This is why you are my friend" moment + not-so-inner LotR/dork spazzing
Yep, this came out of nowhere.  Crazy?  yes.  But in a good way.
He also says that Gimlum will have a metal beard.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★CRAFT  STUFF ★★★★★★★

Tools of the trade:  Latex gloves, bottle of rubbing alcohol, hot glue gun,
glitters, measuring spoons, iPod timer, chopsticks, popsicle sticks,
toothpicks, Q-tips, plastic containers, EasyCast resin,
scissors, resin molds, napkins, freezer paper underneath

A few days ago, my good friend (and penpal) Mitsuki requested that I make a cell phone keychain to match her sakura phone case.  Since everyone was busy today, I finally had time to set out to do that, PLUS test out my new resin molds~  I'll be having my fingers crossed (that the resin will harden properly) until I can de-cast the them in 72 hours, on 10/29 @ 3:30 PM.   o ~ o ;;   

★★★★★★★★★★★★★PURCHASED  STUFF ★★★★★★★

Proof that you CAN buy happiness

Today, I got my purchases from CutePaperEtc! They came very quickly, in a mailing envelope with cute deco tape and a cute shop stamp, the items in a cute plastic bag, a cute thank you note, and with a small bit of freebie stickers (pictured) .  ♥

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ONLINE  STUFF ★★★★★★★

GAIA ONLINE

Logging in today and seeing the new header, it was apparent that the REAL Halloween event had started. 

The event, Moonrise, is basically a humans vs werewolf battle, and users can do battle in two places,

the Masquerade flashspace and the event forum, where users can regain energy (but risk getting attacked), heal/revive their respective teammates in addition to attacking those from the other team.

It's said that you receive an alchemy item for making kills in the flashspace, though the frequency was uncertain at the time due to infamous event glitches and instability.  

So far, the general consensus is that this event is quite boring, and to many, frustrating.  I've made several easy kills in the flashspace, but there wasn't much more to clicking.  And in the forums, my level 1 attack, Jab, hasn't really accomplished much, and I ended up dying (I wasn't aware that attacks show up on static 

feed on the top of the page) before long.  

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YOUTUBE

My ultra crazy awesome  friend, Kamadashi (incidentally, the same friend who I was chatting with in that FB chat screenie at the start of this entry) made a video that stars a gift commission plush that I made for him, who he named Kakkoii Chibi.  Here's Kakkoii Chibi in my dA gallery, and his video of it:

★★★★★★★★★★★★★TECH  STUFF ★★★★★★★

iTOUCH/SMARTPHONE APPS

Remember my quest to find friends to talk to on PingChat?  Now I have 3 people on my contacts.  WOO!

Me and Belle spent a good part of the afternoon sending talking via voice clips and sending each other pictures.  >w<

This isn't really news, but one of my other apps that I enjoy using is Doodle buddy.  I think that I'd like it even more if their "draw with buddy" connection option worked.  I wanted to draw but didn't have the energy to go on the computer and do so on photoshop, so I did something quick there.  Drawing with a finger is harder than you'd think, though.

Empty hands are colder... 

Beware of the Staplers

( x)3

I saw this duck emote today for the first time.  I don't know why, but I found it to be stupidly cute.

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Also, iTouch/iPhone auto-correct makes for hilarious conversations (and future in-jokes):

"Well staplers aren't there for your location... They're interested in getting watching you I guess."

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"Why are they called staplers?  If they can use binoculars they can read."
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"No I asked you why u called them staplers and not staplers"

(a few seconds later)

"Stalkers*.  Though I may have answered myself since it autocorrected to staplers"

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ FOOD STUFF ★★★★★★★

Light as air, soft, fluffy, sweet-salty.  Doesn't leave a very good first impression, but strangely addictive. Not nearly good (or cute!) as Caramel Corn, though.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ GAMING STUFF ★★★★★★★

 ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD

After firing up my game for the first time in a year or two, I then spent the next hour or two chasing down all the cockroaches in my house and de-weeding my town.  It seems that several of my favorite villagers have long since moved out, but I was very pleased to see that at least Nan and Bones stayed, and that I now have Rosie and a super cute white dog by the name of Daisy.  ♥

In the process of hunting down weeds, I ran into a cat with a very disturbing face (and even more disturbing design).....  so I redesigned it!

A gift, huh?... Maybe you should be more careful about
the types of "gifts" you accept...

What is this, I don't even...

And my redesign.  It's better, right? ..... RIGHT?  

Today, I redesigned my town flag, and Nan came over!  >w<

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TECH STUFF ★★★★★★★

iTouch/smart phone/Android App: PingChat

 "PingChat! lets you send and receive instant messages, pictures, video, locations and voice notes with your data plan or wifi connection. 

PingChat! makes it easy for friends to stay connected! We are currently available on the Android, Blackberry and iOS platforms. This means that PingChat! can be installed on hundreds of different devices! Seamless integration allows users to chat smoothly across all platforms. "   -http://pingchat.com/features/  

Today, a friend of mine recommended PingChat to me for my messaging needs, so with his help, I took it for a test spin.  

  

Messaging options pictured:  

1.  Regular text messages

2.  Audio messaging/recording (up to 30 seconds)
For Android users, you can even send video clips on your device!

3.  Video messaging/recording  (unknown size limit)

There's a coffee cup emote, Habib.

Location sending:  You can send any location
to your friends and family.  (Your house, where
you are, where a restaurant is, etc.)

  Pretty awesome, right?  I had a lot of fun tonight trying out all the features with my friend.  The only downside?  You can only use these features with people who have PingChat downloaded (unlike TextFree, which allows you to text, message, and call* those without TextFree).  

So if I don't find at least 1-2 more friends who can message me with this, all of it will be to message one person.  And I don't really have a whole lot of space left on my iTouch. Ok, I'll just say it outright.  HABIB AND FRIENDS!  PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS SO WE CAN HAVE CRAZY GOOD TIMES (for free, too)!  B)

*Calls made with purchased minutes